Linkage to HIV Care on Release from Incarceration: Data from the LINCS Project 2010-2012 in RI and NC. Brian Montague, DO MS MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University Michael Costa, MPH Senior Associate Abt Associates.

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Key metrics assessed include time to linkage for persons linking to care and virologic status at time of first community assessment

Participating LINCS Study Sites

Rhode Island

North Carolina

Massachusetts

Georgia

Dallas, Texas

Why Is This Important?

HIV treatment is critical to maintaining the health of HIV+ individuals

Sicker individuals are harder and more expensive to treat

Treated, individuals are less much less likely to pass HIV on to uninfected partners

HIV in Corrections

Since the early years of the HIV epidemic, HIV has disproportionately impacted prisoners.

In 2008, the prevalence of HIV was 1.6% among US state prisoners, representing 20,449 people.1

Approximately 150,000 HIV-infected persons, 14% of all Americans with HIV, pass through corrections each year.2, 3

The prevalence of HIV within correctional settings ranges from 2.5 to more than 3 times that of the general population, with prevalence in high prevalence communities such as Baltimore and Washington D.C. as high as 6.6%.1, 3, 4